The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Twin Cities Area
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

